Quote:
Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Right now the major problem is that most people don't care about music quality. Using crappy headphones and having lossy music makes it sound like listening to AM radio.
|
They don't care because it's good enough, and the best its ever been. Today's audio, even with the "crappy" headphones and lossy music, is light years ahead of cassette, 8 track,
most home turntable gear, etc. The amps and tuners have lower distortion, the digital gear has better signal to noise ratios, speakers are far beyond where they used to be in terms of performance, sensitivity, frequency response, etc.
It's fine to be an audiophile, but at least recognize that you're sitting at the top 1% or less of music listeners, and that the gear that the common person has today is far superior to anything that's come before it - there's absolutely no way the average music listener is experiencing the equivalent of AM radio.